Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them. Carlos Ruiz Zafon More Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon More Quotes From Carlos Ruiz Zafon Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them. Carlos Ruiz Zafon dream might needs Disarmed, I realized how easily you can lose all animosity toward someone you've deemed your enemy as soon as that person stops behaving as such. Carlos Ruiz Zafon i-realized persons enemy Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact create a labyrinth of a story with four different points of entry. But what interested me was creating something that would rearrange itself every time you read one of the other books. So depending on which order you read them, the implications and angles would change. To get that right, each one of the books had to have its own personality and texture -- even though they are connected, they are very different creatures. Carlos Ruiz Zafon creating order book Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself. Carlos Ruiz Zafon visits-you destiny home I turned you into a stranger in order to forget you and now I'm the stranger. Carlos Ruiz Zafon forget-you forget order Few things are more deceptive than memories. Carlos Ruiz Zafon deceptive memories If you think you’re the only person for whom life is painful, you’re wrong. And if you don’t mind letting yourself die like a dog, at least have the decency to remember that there are those of us who do care – although, to tell the truth, I don’t see why? Carlos Ruiz Zafon dog mind thinking That's what happens when people reach old age; nobody remembers they've been bastards too. Carlos Ruiz Zafon age remember people Life had taught her that we all require big and small lies in order to survive, just as much as we need air. She used to say that if during one single day, from dawn to dusk, we could see the naked reality of the world, and of ourselves, we would either take our own lives or lose our minds. Carlos Ruiz Zafon air lying reality People only disappear when they have somewhere to go Carlos Ruiz Zafon disappear people I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself. Carlos Ruiz Zafon herds sheep needs There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. Carlos Ruiz Zafon telling-the-truth numbers lying Resentment slowly poisoned my blood and I laughed at myself and my absurd hopes. Carlos Ruiz Zafon absurd resentment blood Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires. Carlos Ruiz Zafon puppets fate desire Memories are worse than bullets. Carlos Ruiz Zafon bullets memories There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse. Carlos Ruiz Zafon things-in-life differences two Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered. Carlos Ruiz Zafon remembered important It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake. Carlos Ruiz Zafon dream impossible reality Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened. Carlos Ruiz Zafon voice memories war Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. Carlos Ruiz Zafon common-sense scared fear
